The presuppositions of inter-religious communication - a philosophical approach
Religion has in the past, it may be truefully admitted, done more than its share of fostering the spirit of we' over against they'. Economic and political factors have unfortunately, throughout history, clogged the channels of communication between men of one faith and those of another....
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[1967]
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Religious studies
Jahr: 1967, Band: 3, Heft: 1, Seiten: 391-400 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Religion has in the past, it may be truefully admitted, done more than its share of fostering the spirit of we' over against they'. Economic and political factors have unfortunately, throughout history, clogged the channels of communication between men of one faith and those of another. The most unhappy aspect of the relation between religion and society has been the way in which the former has fostered the distinction between the insider and the outsider. Typical of this is the fact that most religious communities have a word which describes the religious outsider and the word is never a flattering one. That there should be religious diversity in the first place should occasion no surprise. Diversification is the order of things in the biological realm and we would not expect to find a sudden departure from this, that is, a move towards convergence, in the sphere of religion. But unless diversification is matched with understanding and with communication we face the future at our peril. It is for this reason that the question of inter-religious communication, the ground of its possibility, can be regarded not only as the most pressing of problems for the student of comparative religion (for unless there is prior understanding and communication where indeed are the data to be compared?) but as a matter of pressing urgency for all. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412500002985 |